House roll call 202 · 97th Congress · Sep 22, 1981
To suspend the rules and pass H.R. 1953, to authorize appropriations for operations of the office of enviromental quality and the council on enviromental qualit
On Sep 22, 1981, the House voted 360–42 (HR 1953). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 208–12, Republicans 152–30, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 42 members voted against their own party.
During the 97th Congress (1981–1982), Ronald Reagan was president, and Democrats held the House majority and Republicans the Senate majority.
- Yes
- 360
- No
- 42
- Did not vote
- 39
- Date
- Sep 22, 1981
By party
- Republicans152 yes · 30 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Democrats208 yes · 12 no · 26 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- William Louis Dickinson R-AL voted no
- Albert Lee Smith Jr. R-AL voted no
- Richard C. Shelby D-AL voted no
- Robert Lee Stump D-AZ voted no
- Eldon Dean Rudd R-AZ voted no
- Norman David Shumway R-CA voted no
- Carlos John Moorhead R-CA voted no
- John Harbin Rousselot R-CA voted no
- Wayne Richard Grisham R-CA voted no
- Daniel Edward Lungren R-CA voted no
- William Edwin Dannemeyer R-CA voted no
- Robert Edward Badham R-CA voted no
- Lawrence Patton Mcdonald D-GA voted no
- Larry Edwin Craig R-ID voted no
- George Vernon Hansen R-ID voted no
- Philip Miller Crane R-IL voted no
- Daniel Bever Crane R-IL voted no
- David Walter Evans D-IN voted no
- James Whitney Dunn R-MI voted no
- William S. Broomfield R-MI voted no
- Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS voted no
- Walter Eugene Johnston III R-NC voted no
- Judd Alan Gregg R-NH voted no
- Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY voted no
- John Milan Ashbrook R-OH voted no
- Douglas Earl Applegate D-OH voted no
- Ronald Milton Mottl D-OH voted no
- Wesley Wade Watkins D-OK voted no
- Marvin Henry (Mickey) Edwards R-OK voted no
- Dennis Alan (Denny) Smith R-OR voted no
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA voted no
- Robert Smith Walker R-PA voted no
- William Franklin Goodling R-PA voted no
- Clint Ronald Roberts R-SD voted no
- James Mitchell Collins R-TX voted no
- William Philip (Phil) Gramm D-TX voted no
- James Marvin Leath D-TX voted no
- Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX voted no
- Thomas Gilbert Loeffler R-TX voted no
- Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX voted no
- James Vear Hansen R-UT voted no
- Richard Bruce Cheney R-WY voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Donald Edwin Young R-AK
- William Jackson (Jack) Edwards R-AL
- Tom Bevill D-AL
- Ronnie Gene Flippo D-AL
- William Vollie (Bill) Alexander Jr. D-AR
- Edwin Ruthvin Bethune Jr. R-AR
- John Paul Hammerschmidt R-AR
- Beryl Franklin Anthony Jr. D-AR
- John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ
- Morris King Udall D-AZ
- Eugene A. Chappie R-CA
- Robert T. Matsui D-CA
- Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. D-CA
- Phillip Burton D-CA
- George Miller D-CA
- Fortney Hillman (Pete) Stark Jr. D-CA
- William Donlon (Don) Edwards D-CA
- Thomas Peter Lantos D-CA
- Paul Norton (Pete) Mccloskey Jr. R-CA
- Norman Y. Mineta D-CA
- Tony Coelho D-CA
- Leon Edward Panetta D-CA
- William Marshall Thomas R-CA
- Robert John Lagomarsino R-CA
- Barry Morris Goldwater Jr. R-CA
- Bobbi Fiedler R-CA
- Anthony Charles Beilenson D-CA
- Henry Arnold Waxman D-CA
- Edward R. Roybal D-CA
- Julian Carey Dixon D-CA
- Augustus Freeman (Gus) Hawkins D-CA
- Mervyn Malcolm Dymally D-CA
- Glenn Malcolm Anderson D-CA
- David Timothy Dreier R-CA
- George Edward Brown Jr. D-CA
- Charles Jeremy (Jerry) Lewis R-CA
- Jerry Mumford Patterson D-CA
- William David Lowery R-CA
- Duncan Lee Hunter R-CA
- Clair Walter Burgener R-CA
- Patricia Scott Schroeder D-CO
- Raymond Peter Kogovsek D-CO
- George Hanks (Hank) Brown R-CO
- Kenneth Bentley Kramer R-CO
- Samuel Gejdenson D-CT
- Lawrence Joseph Denardis R-CT
- Stewart Brett Mckinney R-CT
- William Richard Ratchford D-CT
- Thomas Beverley Evans Jr. R-DE
- Earl Dewitt Hutto D-FL
- Don Fuqua D-FL
- Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
- William Venroe Chappell Jr. D-FL
- Ira William Mccollum Jr. (Bill) R-FL
- Charles William (Bill) Young R-FL
- Sam Melville Gibbons D-FL
- Andrew Poysell (Andy) Ireland D-FL
- Clarence William (Bill) Nelson D-FL
- Louis Arthur (Skip) Bafalis R-FL
- Daniel Andrew Mica D-FL
- Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL
- William Lehman D-FL
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Dante Bruno Fascell D-FL
- Ronald Bryan (Bo) Ginn D-GA
- Charles Floyd Hatcher D-GA
- Jack Thomas Brinkley D-GA
- Elliott Harris Levitas D-GA
- Wyche Fowler Jr. D-GA
- Newton Leroy Gingrich R-GA
- Edgar Lanier (Ed) Jenkins D-GA
- Druie Douglas Barnard Jr. D-GA
- Cecil Landau Heftel D-HI
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
- James Albert Smith Leach R-IA
- Thomas Joseph Tauke R-IA
- Thomas Cooper Evans R-IA
- Neal Edward Smith D-IA
- Berkley Warren Bedell D-IA
- Harold Washington D-IL
- Martin Anthony Russo D-IL
- John G. Fary D-IL
- Henry John Hyde R-IL
- Daniel David Rostenkowski D-IL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- John Edward Porter R-IL
- Frank Annunzio D-IL
- Robert Mcclory R-IL
- John Neal Erlenborn R-IL
- Thomas Joseph Corcoran R-IL
- Lynn Morley Martin R-IL
- George Miller O'Brien R-IL
- Robert Henry Michel R-IL
- Thomas Fisher Railsback R-IL
- Paul Findley R-IL
- Edward Rell Madigan R-IL
- Charles Melvin Price D-IL
- Adam Benjamin Jr. D-IN
- Floyd James Fithian D-IN
- John Patrick Hiler R-IN
- Daniel Ray Coats R-IN
- Elwood Haynes Hillis R-IN
- John Thomas Myers R-IN
- Huey Joel Deckard R-IN
- Lee Herbert Hamilton D-IN
- Philip Riley Sharp D-IN
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. D-IN
- Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS
- James Edmund Jeffries R-KS
- Edward Lawrence Winn Jr. (Larry) R-KS
- Daniel Robert Glickman D-KS
- Robert Russell Whittaker R-KS
- Carroll Hubbard Jr. D-KY
- William Huston Natcher D-KY
- Romano Louis Mazzoli D-KY
- Marion Gene Snyder R-KY
- Harold Dallas (Hal) Rogers R-KY
- Larry Jones Hopkins R-KY
- Carl Dewey Perkins D-KY
- Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. R-LA
- Wilbert Joseph (Billy) Tauzin D-LA
- Charles Elson (Buddy) Roemer III D-LA
- Thomas Jerald Huckaby D-LA
- William Henson Moore III R-LA
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
- Gillis William Long D-LA
- Silvio Ottavio Conte R-MA
- Edward Patrick Boland D-MA
- Joseph Daniel Early D-MA
- Barney Frank D-MA
- James Michael Shannon D-MA
- Nicholas James Mavroules D-MA
- Edward John Markey D-MA
- John Joseph Moakley D-MA
- Margaret M. Heckler R-MA
- Brian Joseph Donnelly D-MA
- Gerry Eastman Studds D-MA
- Royden Patrick Dyson D-MD
- Clarence Dickinson Long D-MD
- Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD
- Steny Hamilton Hoyer D-MD
- Beverly Barton Butcher Byron D-MD
- Parren James Mitchell D-MD
- Michael Darr Barnes D-MD
- David Farnham Emery R-ME
- Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
- John Conyers Jr. D-MI
- Howard Eliot Wolpe III D-MI
- Mark Deli Siljander R-MI
- Harold Samuel Sawyer R-MI
- Dale Edward Kildee D-MI
- Jerome Bob Traxler D-MI
- Guy Adrian Vander Jagt R-MI
- Donald Joseph Albosta D-MI
- Robert William Davis R-MI
- David Edward Bonior D-MI
- George William Crockett Jr. D-MI
- Dennis Mark Hertel D-MI
- John David Dingell Jr. D-MI
- William McNulty Brodhead D-MI
- James Johnston Blanchard D-MI
- Arlen Ingolf Erdahl R-MN
- Thomas Michael Hagedorn R-MN
- William Eldridge Frenzel R-MN
- Bruce Frank Vento D-MN
- Martin Olav Sabo D-MN
- John Vincent (Vin) Weber R-MN
- Arlan Ingehart Stangeland R-MN
- James Louis Oberstar D-MN
- William Lacy Clay Sr. D-MO
- Robert Anton Young III D-MO
- Richard Andrew Gephardt D-MO
- Isaac Newton Skelton IV (Ike) D-MO
- Earl Thomas Coleman R-MO
- Gene Taylor R-MO
- R. Wendell Bailey R-MO
- Harold Lee Volkmer D-MO
- Norvell William (Bill) Emerson R-MO
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
- David Reece Bowen D-MS
- Charles Wayne Dowdy D-MS
- Chester Trent Lott R-MS
- John Patrick Williams D-MT
- Ronald Charles Marlenee R-MT
- Walter Beaman Jones Sr. D-NC
- Lawrence H. Fountain D-NC
- Charles Orville Whitley D-NC
- Ike Franklin Andrews D-NC
- Stephen Lybrook Neal D-NC
- Charles Grandison Rose III D-NC
- Willie Gathrel (Bill) Hefner D-NC
- James Grubbs Martin R-NC
- James Thomas Broyhill R-NC
- William Martin Hendon R-NC
- Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND
- Douglas Kent Bereuter R-NE
- Harold John Daub Jr. (Hal) R-NE
- Virginia Dodd Smith R-NE
- Norman Edward D'Amours D-NH
- James Joseph Florio D-NJ
- William John Hughes D-NJ
- James John Howard D-NJ
- Christopher Henry Smith R-NJ
- Millicent Hammond Fenwick R-NJ
- Edwin Bell Forsythe R-NJ
- Margaret Scafati Roukema R-NJ
- Robert A. Roe D-NJ
- Harold Capistran Hollenbeck R-NJ
- Peter Wallace Rodino Jr. D-NJ
- Joseph George Minish D-NJ
- Matthew John Rinaldo R-NJ
- James Andrew Courter R-NJ
- Frank Joseph Guarini Jr. D-NJ
- Bernard James Dwyer D-NJ
- Manuel Luján Jr. R-NM
- Joseph Richard Skeen R-NM
- James David Santini D-NV
- William Carney R-NY
- Thomas Joseph Downey D-NY
- Gregory Wright Carman R-NY
- Norman Frederick Lent R-NY
- Raymond Joseph Mcgrath R-NY
- John Leboutillier R-NY
- Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal D-NY
- Geraldine Anne Ferraro D-NY
- James Haas Scheuer D-NY
- Shirley Anita Chisholm D-NY
- Stephen Joshua Solarz D-NY
- Frederick William Richmond D-NY
- Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY
- Guy Victor Molinari R-NY
- Sedgwick William (Bill) Green R-NY
- Charles B. Rangel D-NY
- Theodore S. Weiss D-NY
- Robert Garcia D-NY
- Jonathan Brewster Bingham D-NY
- Peter A. Peyser D-NY
- Richard Lawrence Ottinger D-NY
- Hamilton Fish Jr. R-NY
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman R-NY
- Matthew Francis Mchugh D-NY
- Samuel Studdiford Stratton D-NY
- David O'Brien Martin R-NY
- Donald Jerome Mitchell R-NY
- George Cornelius Wortley R-NY
- Gary Alcide Lee R-NY
- Barber Benjamin Conable Jr. R-NY
- John Joseph Lafalce D-NY
- Henry James Nowak D-NY
- Jack French Kemp R-NY
- Stanley Nelson Lundine D-NY
- Willis David Gradison Jr. R-OH
- Thomas Andrew Luken D-OH
- Tony Patrick Hall D-OH
- Michael Garver Oxley R-OH
- Delbert Leroy Latta R-OH
- Bob Mcewen R-OH
- Clarence J. Brown Jr. R-OH
- Thomas Norman Kindness R-OH
- Edward Ford Weber R-OH
- Clarence E. Miller R-OH
- John William Stanton R-OH
- Robert Norton Shamansky D-OH
- Donald James Pease D-OH
- John Frederick Seiberling D-OH
- Chalmers Pangburn Wylie R-OH
- Ralph Straus Regula R-OH
- Lyle Williams R-OH
- Mary Rose Oakar D-OH
- Louis Stokes D-OH
- Dennis Edward Eckart D-OH
- James Robert Jones D-OK
- Michael Lynn Synar D-OK
- David Keith Mccurdy D-OK
- Glenn Lee English Jr. D-OK
- Les Aucoin D-OR
- Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
- James Howard Weaver D-OR
- Thomas Michael Foglietta I-PA
- William Herbert Gray III D-PA
- Joseph Francis Smith D-PA
- Richard Taylor Schulze R-PA
- Gus Yatron D-PA
- Robert William Edgar D-PA
- James Kitchenman Coyne III R-PA
- E. G. (Bud) Shuster R-PA
- Joseph Michael Mcdade R-PA
- Robert Lawrence Coughlin R-PA
- William Joseph Coyne D-PA
- Donald Lawrence Ritter R-PA
- Allen Edward Ertel D-PA
- Douglas Walgren D-PA
- Joseph Matthew Gaydos D-PA
- Donald Allen Bailey D-PA
- Austin John Murphy D-PA
- William Floyd Clinger Jr. R-PA
- Marc Lincoln Marks R-PA
- Eugene Vincent Atkinson R-PA
- Fernand Joseph St. Germain D-RI
- Claudine Schneider R-RI
- Thomas Forbes Hartnett R-SC
- Floyd Davidson Spence R-SC
- Butler Carson Derrick Jr. D-SC
- Carroll Ashmore Campbell Jr. R-SC
- John Light Napier R-SC
- Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD
- James Henry Quillen R-TN
- John James Duncan R-TN
- Marilyn Laird Lloyd D-TN
- Albert Arnold Gore Jr. D-TN
- William Hill Boner D-TN
- Robin Leo Beard Jr. R-TN
- Harold Eugene Ford D-TN
- Sam Blakeley Hall Jr. D-TX
- Charles Wilson D-TX
- Ralph Moody Hall D-TX
- James Albon Mattox D-TX
- William Reynolds Archer Jr. R-TX
- Jack Milton Fields Jr. R-TX
- Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX
- James Jarrell (Jake) Pickle D-TX
- James Claude Wright Jr. D-TX
- Jack English Hightower D-TX
- William Neff Patman D-TX
- Eligio De La Garza II (Kika) D-TX
- Richard Crawford White D-TX
- George Thomas (Mickey) Leland D-TX
- Kent Ronald Hance D-TX
- Henry B. González D-TX
- Abraham Kazen Jr. D-TX
- Jonas Martin Frost D-TX
- David Daniel Marriott R-UT
- Paul Seward Trible Jr. R-VA
- George William Whitehurst R-VA
- Thomas Jerome Bliley Jr. R-VA
- Robert Williams Daniel Jr. R-VA
- Wilbur Clarence (Dan) Daniel D-VA
- Manley Caldwell Butler R-VA
- James Kenneth Robinson R-VA
- Stanford E. Parris R-VA
- William Creed Wampler R-VA
- Frank Rudolph Wolf R-VA
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
- Joel McFee Pritchard R-WA
- Allan Byron Swift D-WA
- Don Leroy Bonker D-WA
- Sidney Wallace Morrison R-WA
- Thomas Stephen Foley D-WA
- Norman DeValois Dicks D-WA
- Michael Edward Lowry D-WA
- Leslie Aspin D-WI
- Robert William Kastenmeier D-WI
- Steven Craig Gunderson R-WI
- Clement John Zablocki D-WI
- David Ross Obey D-WI
- Toby A. Roth R-WI
- Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. R-WI
- Robert Homer Mollohan D-WV
- Cleveland Keith Benedict R-WV
- David Michael Staton R-WV
- Nick Joe Rahall II D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- William Louis Dickinson R-AL
- Albert Lee Smith Jr. R-AL
- Richard C. Shelby D-AL
- Robert Lee Stump D-AZ
- Eldon Dean Rudd R-AZ
- Norman David Shumway R-CA
- Carlos John Moorhead R-CA
- John Harbin Rousselot R-CA
- Wayne Richard Grisham R-CA
- Daniel Edward Lungren R-CA
- William Edwin Dannemeyer R-CA
- Robert Edward Badham R-CA
- Lawrence Patton Mcdonald D-GA
- Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
- George Vernon Hansen R-ID
- Philip Miller Crane R-IL
- Daniel Bever Crane R-IL
- David Walter Evans D-IN
- James Whitney Dunn R-MI
- William S. Broomfield R-MI
- Gillespie V. (Sonny) Montgomery D-MS
- Walter Eugene Johnston III R-NC
- Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
- Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon R-NY
- John Milan Ashbrook R-OH
- Douglas Earl Applegate D-OH
- Ronald Milton Mottl D-OH
- Wesley Wade Watkins D-OK
- Marvin Henry (Mickey) Edwards R-OK
- Dennis Alan (Denny) Smith R-OR
- John Patrick Murtha Jr. D-PA
- Robert Smith Walker R-PA
- William Franklin Goodling R-PA
- Clint Ronald Roberts R-SD
- James Mitchell Collins R-TX
- William Philip (Phil) Gramm D-TX
- James Marvin Leath D-TX
- Charles Walter Stenholm D-TX
- Thomas Gilbert Loeffler R-TX
- Ronald Ernest Paul R-TX
- James Vear Hansen R-UT
- Richard Bruce Cheney R-WY
Did not vote
- William Flynt Nichols D-AL
- Donald Holst Clausen R-CA
- John Lowell Burton D-CA
- Ronald V. Dellums D-CA
- Charles Pashayan Jr. R-CA
- Robert Kenneth Dornan R-CA
- George Elmore Danielson D-CA
- Matthew G. Martínez D-CA
- Timothy E. Wirth D-CO
- Barbara Bailey Kennelly D-CT
- William Ross Cotter D-CT
- Anthony John Moffett Jr. (Toby) D-CT
- Billy Lee Evans D-GA
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- Gus Savage D-IL
- Edward Joseph Derwinski R-IL
- Cardiss Collins D-IL
- Paul Martin Simon D-IL
- Katie Beatrice Hall D-IN
- Corinne Claiborne (Lindy) Boggs D-LA
- Thomas Philip (Tip) O'Neill Jr. D-MA
- Marjorie Sewell Holt R-MD
- Carl Duane Pursell R-MI
- William David Ford D-MI
- Richard Walker Bolling D-MO
- Jon Clifton Hinson R-MS
- Joseph Patrick Addabbo D-NY
- Mario Biaggi D-NY
- Leo C. Zeferetti D-NY
- Frank Jefferson Horton R-NY
- Tennyson Guyer R-OH
- Jean Spencer Ashbrook R-OH
- Raymond Francis Lederer D-PA
- Charles Francis Dougherty R-PA
- James Leo Nelligan R-PA
- Kenneth Lamar Holland D-SC
- Ed Jones D-TN
- Henry Schoellkopf Reuss D-WI
- Thomas Evert Petri R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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